Assistant Professor of Architecture David Celento recently signed an agreement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publishers for a new book entitled Digital Toolbox. The focus of this book will be on essential 3D digital design skills, with insights into the processes used by various international designers to realize notable digital works. The book is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2012.

Assistant Professor of Architecture Rebecca Henn (Penn State) and Professor Andy Hoffman (University of Michigan) are under contract with MIT Press to produce the book “Constructing Green: Sustainability and the Places We Inhabit.” The volume is a multi-disciplinary perspective on social factors related to green building, from properly incentivizing design and construction team members, to the ways that sustainable buildings can change the way we engage with technology and each other. Key chapters by Bill Browning and Monica Ponce de Leon (Dean, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan) look to the future relationship between the design of structures and humanity’s relationship with the natural environment. Authors include international scholars and practitioners from the fields of architecture, management, sociology, economics, and natural resources. The volume provides both practical strategies for overcoming social and psychological barriers to green building, as well as theoretical findings for scholarly research. The book is scheduled for publication in late 2012.